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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hepburn take Hughes to meet her parents?

2. Where did Hepburn meet Luddy?

3. What was the name of Hepburn's mother?

4. What kind of lessons was Hepburn taking when she met Luddy?

5. What does Hepburn mention of Luddy's life after their divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Hepburn tell about a wild animal in the section titled "Leland Hayward"?

2. What difficulty on the set of "Alice Adams" does Hepburn recount?

3. How was Fenwick destroyed in 1938? What were the Hepburns able to retrieve from the house?

4. What did Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, want her daughters to do in their lives?

5. How long did Hepburn stay in Hollywood making films before returning to New York? How did she and Luddy meet during this time?

6. What values does Hepburn say her mother passed on to her and her siblings?

7. How did Hepburn's father react to her relationship with H. Phelps Putnam?

8. What did Hepburn decide she should do while she was working in her second play?

9. When young, what would Hepburn and her friend Alice do for excitement in Fenwick? Why did they stop doing this?

10. After their trip to Fenwick, what did Harris do to make Hepburn's life miserable? What did Hepburn have to do to get out of the situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What productions was Hepburn involved in during her years as an actress between the mid-1930's and mid-1960's? What were some of her hits and flops? Which movies did she enjoy making, and why? Which movies did she not enjoy making, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Hepburn's film career is well-known, but who was Hepburn the person? What were her defining personality traits? What were her hopes and dreams? Who were the closest people to her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the struggles faced by Hepburn in the book. What struggles did she face in regards to her career? Her family? Her love life?

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